"Asked about his strategy on the extremist group, Obama said: "The bottom line is this: Our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy ISIL (aka ISIS) so it's no longer a threat not just to Iraq, but also to the region and to the United States."
"In order for us to accomplish that, the first phase has been to make sure we've got an Iraqi government that's in place, and that we are blunting the momentum that ISIL was carrying out.
"And the airstrikes have done that. But now, what we need to do is make sure that we've got the regional strategy in place that can support an ongoing effort, not just in the air, but on the ground, to move that forward."
Obama stands in sharp contrast to his predecessor.
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"Blunting" - dude, did you really just say that?
What next - "bong" them on the head? A "joint" task force?
"Spliffy" suit you wore the other day, too.
It's crap weasels all the way down...
Obama continues to use the terminology of legalism... "justice" and "crime" when he's facing a world war.
And, he also continues to insist that Islam is something other than madness.
About what you would expect.
He should have said Pivoting.
King Putt is master of the pivot.
Kind of a mixed metaphor, really.
King Putt is master of the pivot
Don't you mean divot?
Not to be confused with davit.
Eric the Fruit Bat said...
Kind of a mixed metaphor, really.
Exactly
I would preferred he'd said we're slowing their momentum or better, we're mowing their slomentum if he need to spur his bleach.
I liked my metaphors mixed... before I found out a professor didn't like them.
BTW, I've updated the post.
You might want to check it.
Obama's "sharp contrast" comment tipped me off as to what is pissing off some people.
LOL Chick, yes. Divot.
If only he would whack ISIS like that little white ball.
CL, the Titanic scholar, knows from davits.
This administration should know about affidavits.
Sotloff beheaded. Obama be headed to the golf course.
There are points made here that have been mentioned on this blog.
Obama/Hillary went after Kaddafi unilaterally, without any approval or authority.
Now, suddenly, the administration are sticklers for congressional approval.
"Maybe she thought it would look ridiculous, after Obama unilaterally declared war on Qaddafi to ruinous effect in Libya, for State to suddenly start acting like sticklers about which branch controls the war power."
Ruinous effect. Hello media? - hello unprofessional press in the tank with one political party. What say you?
"Are we at war with ISIS yet?"
If Obama is not yet prepared to go thru that mere formality...
You have to begin to question is he the president of Islamic State or the United States...
I think I just may have come up with my next tweet. after I tweak it a little.
My tweets aren't biting today. maybe this one will.
Thanks April.
"Folks need to understand, that the whole area over there is like a big sand trap." - Barry Three Put
Maybe Obama is waiting for a promise that he will not be compared to Bush.
ISIS, meanwhile, presses the issue.
That's a good one AllenS.
Lem never met a phor he didn't like. He's that kind of guy.
the first phase has been to make sure we've got an Iraqi government that's in place
Sorry, Barry, but that's yet another lie. When you first became president, your immediate predecessor left you a stable Iraq that had a government duly elected in a democratic election. Remember the inked fingers of those who voted?
You effed it up. Big time.
Allen S. wins the thread going away.
Being There 2
With Barry O'Bama as the dead Peter Sellers, playingChauncey the gardner.
He likes to watch.
It's hard to tell the difference between this :
" "The bottom line is this: Our objective is clear..."
and this:
Blah blah murmur grunt blah hmmm blah."
I defy you to explain any substantive difference.
"Our objective is clear."
Yep, that's what everyone is saying.
Sixty Grit said...
Sotloff beheaded. Obama be headed to the golf course.
Justice in the eyes of those who be Holder.
If only we had Johnny McCain in charge, he'd do something.
It'd be stupid, pointless, and get a lot of Innocent people killed. But by God it'd show those people not to kill the distant relatives of people who weren't killed by Hitler 70 years ago!
There were a lot of flaws about the Bush Administration, but his ability to actually connect with people on a visceral level, at least in this instance, much like Clinton could, sets him light years apart from his successor.
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